And Just Like That, Their Country Was Gone?

The red-and-blue figure flew over and hovered in front of He-El. Kara-El was slender, and disbelief flickered across her delicate, pitiful face as she looked at He-El and said in shock: "He-El... big brother... why do you look like this?" Kara-El and He-El knew each other. Back on Krypton, the two were about twelve years apart in age. Jor-El had once invited He-El to a family gathering, mainly to introduce him to a young woman of marriageable age from the House of El.